In the words of Paul found in 1 Timothy 4:6-16, we find instructions for Timothy in his life of service. Service can be defined as a contribution to the welfare of others. Is this not what Christianity is all about? We are aware that we must contribute to the welfare of our families and loved […]

We can become very depressed and discouraged when considering the daily news. There are so many bad things happening, so much evil. In the midst of this, God speaks to us of a new heaven and a new earth. The scripture tells that God is with us, living with us. What message will we hear? […]

What powerful scripture we find in Revelation 19! “He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.” When reading this, we recall the Gospel of John. “In the beginning was the Word…and the Word was God.” People are confronted by God through the Word, which is […]

No doubt Revelation 7 is one noted by a few Spanish priests in the 1480s who argued against Columbus’ sailing to their West to reach the East. “Four corners” could only be part of a flat earth. While we depend upon the inspired scriptures, we should not try to make obviously literary writing into a […]

There are many scriptures which are difficult to understand. There is no shortage, however, of people who are ready and willing to tell you what Revelation 5:1-10 mean. Many of these people take the scriptures and compare them with things in their newspapers, concluding that the scripture is being fulfilled by such events. When I […]

As stewards we need to be aware of the open doors God places before us. While no one can shut the door, we must take the opportunities which are ours. We may think of ourselves as having little power, as was the case noted in our scripture. Nonetheless, we must endure, using what we have […]

Stewards are constantly faced with temptation. The nature of our temptation may be different from Jezebel, but temptation is just as real. We who know God also know that we are known by God. God searches our hearts and minds and knows our works. Others may indeed see only works that we do, but God […]

Good stewards are said to be those who show up in church the Sunday after Easter. Of course, there are exceptions to this, but there is no exception to “patient endurance” of which John wrote (Revelation 2). The question becomes, how are people brought from that first love of God into a deep and abiding […]

Stewards have God-given tasks to accomplish, John in his writing to the seven churches in Asia indicated. Finding our task is to discern God’s will for our lives. To begin the task, we should take note of John’s writing. He was on Patmos because of the “word of God and the testimony of Jesus.” The […]

Good stewards encourage one another with the resurrection hope. The hopes and dreams of a lifetime are at the feet of youth. The nature of hope greatly changes as youth lose friends to death, as I lost a friend in high school. He committed suicide “to be with his dead little brother,” according to the […]